On the game
"It was one of those games. I think our team battled hard, they competed. There were a lot of momentum swings. I'm proud of how hard they played. They fought to the end. That's all you can ask for. Unfortunately, (Middle Tennessee) made big plays at the end to win it and that's just how it goes."
On the mood of the locker room
"The mood's not good. The guys are mad, they're ticked off, they're disappointed. They know that we could have won the game. Like I tell them every week, that's college football now a days. We're a new team in a good conference. A conference that in the first couple of weeks has really proven itself. Every game the rest of the year is going to be like that. They're going to go down to the wire. We're going to have to find ways to wins. We have to get better in certain areas to help our team win. There were too many yards had by both teams. But those are things we have to look at and try to improve upon and it's unfortunate we didn't find a way to win."
On defensive play
"I think they played hard. They're a young defense. We didn't make enough plays. We had a quarterback we needed to contain and we didn't contain him in the first half. The main thing that I'm disappointed in is not being able to contain the quarterback. He had too many easy runs straight up the middle where he was untouched. I think we did get it fixed in the second half, we contained him better. I think both defenses played better in the second half. "
On missed opportunities
"It was a back and forth game. We had a few chances down in there to score. We tried to hammer it up the middle and we didn't get it and unfortunately that hurt us. I like to be able to run the ball when we get down there tight and we weren't able to do that."
Wide Receiver Willie McNeal
On losing despite a lot of yards
"These record breaking games is something you want to celebrate, but with a loss you can't really celebrate. You have to go to film and fix your mistakes and be ready for the next opponent."
On getting ready for next opponent
"I have to let guys know and understand that it's early in the season. Anything can happen. All we can do now is take care of the things we can take care of."
On losing the game in overtime
"I hate the way it happened like that. I thought we were going to pull it off, but things happen."
On what they take from the game
"Just finish (the game). We have to capitalize on the opportunities that we get. The defense got good stops for us and the offense unfortunately gave it right back."
